List of Aston Villa F.C. players

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at its current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa was one of the founding members of The Football League in 1888 and the Premier League in 1992.[1]

For a list of all Aston Villa F.C. players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Aston Villa F.C. players.
Aston Villa players from the squad that won the 1982 European Cup Final at the 25 years celebration: Jimmy Rimmer, Kenny Swain, Allan Evans, Ken McNaught, Gary Williams, Des Bremner, Gordon Cowans, Dennis Mortimer, Gary Shaw, Tony Morley, Peter Withe, and Nigel Spink

Aston Villa Football Club is one of the oldest and most successful football clubs in England, having won the First Division Championship seven times and the FA Cup seven times.[2] It is also one of only five English clubs to win the European Cup, which it did in 1982.[3] Aston Villa is one of the most successful clubs in English football history, having won 25 honours in its history.

This is a list of Aston Villa's notable players, generally this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; players from the club's pre-Football League days, when they played fewer matches in a season than the present day, club captains and record-holders are also included. Players who hold club records have footnotes describing the record. Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances are for first-team competitive matches only including those as a substitute; wartime matches are excluded.

Notable players
  • Statistics correct as of 26 January 2014.

  This and the † indicate that they are a club record holder
  This and the * indicate that they played their full career at Aston Villa.
(n/a) = Information not available
Players in bold are still playing for the club.

NameNationalityPosition[4]Aston Villa careerCaptaincyAppearancesGoalsNotes
Walter H. Price England  England Defender18741874–1876n/an/a†[5][6]
George Ramsay Scotland  Scotland Forward1876–18821876–1884n/an/a[7]
Archie Hunter Scotland  Scotland Forward1878–18901884–18917342[8]
Gershom Cox England  England Defender1878–1893–1010–
Howard Vaughton England  England Forward1880–1888–2615†[9]
Arthur Brown England  England Forward1884–1894–11458†[10]
Dennis Hodgetts England  England Midfielder1886–1896–21591–
Jimmy Warner England England Goalkeeper1886–1892–1010–
James Cowan Scotland  Scotland Midfielder1889–1902–35427–
Charlie Athersmith England  England Winger1891–1901–30785–
Jack Devey England  England Forward1891–19021891–1898304187†[11]
Howard Spencer England  England Defender1892–19071902–19062922
Jack Reynolds England  England Midfielder1893–1897–11017–
Stephen Smith England  England Forward1893–1901–18442–
Jimmy Crabtree England  England Defender1895–19041898–19022007–
Albert Evans England England Defender1896–1906–2060–
Fred Wheldon England  England Forward1896–1900–13774–
Billy George England  England Goalkeeper1897–1911*–4010–
Billy Garraty England  England Forward1897–1908–255112–
Tommy Bowman Scotland  Scotland Midfielder1897–1901–1132–
George Johnson England England Forward1897–1905–11047–
Albert Wilkes England  England Midfielder1898–1907–1578–
Joe Pearson England  England Midfielder1900–1908–1187–
Joe Bache England  England Forward1900–19141906–1914474185
Alf Wood England England Defender1900–1905–1117–
Willie Clarke Scotland Scotland Forward1901–1905–415†[12]
William Brawn England England Forward1901–1906–10720–
Alf Miles England England Defender1902–1914–2690–
Alex Leake England England Midfielder1902–1907–1409–
Bert Hall England England Forward1903–1913–21462–
Harry Hampton England  England Forward1904–1920–376242†[13]
James Logan Scotland Scotland Defender1905–1912–1574–
George Tranter England England Midfielder1905–1915–1741–
Joe Walters England England Forward1905–1912–12141–
Chris Buckley England England Forward1906–1914–1433–
Tom Lyons England England Defender1907–1915–2380–
Charlie Wallace England  England Forward1907–1921–34957–
Clem Stephenson England  England Forward1910–1921–21696[8]
Tommy Weston England England Defender1911–1922–1790–
Jimmy Harrop England England Defender1912–1921–1714–
Andy Ducat England  England Midfield1912–19211919–1921874
Sam Hardy England  England Goalkeeper1912–1921–1830[8]
Frank Moss England  England Defender
Midfielder		1914–19291921–19272839–
Richard York England  England Forward1915–1931–39086–
Jimmy Gibson Scotland  Scotland Defender1927–1936–1979–
Danny Blair Scotland Scotland Defender1931–1936–1380–
Arthur Dorrell England England Forward1919–1931–39065
Frank Barson England  England Midfielder1919–1922–10810–
Tommy Jackson England England Goalkeeper1919–1930–1860–
Billy Kirton England England Forward1919–1928–26159–
Billy Walker England  England Forward1919–1933*1927–1933531244†[14][15]
Tommy Ball England England Defender1920–1923–770[16][17]
George Blackburn England  England Midfielder1920–1926–1452–
Tommy Smart England  England Defender1920–1934–4528–
Cyril Spiers England England Goalkeeper1920–1927–1120–
Len Capewell England England Forward1921–1930–156100–
John Johnstone Scotland Scotland Defender1921–1927–1151–
Thomas Mort England England Defender1921–1935–3682–
Vic Milne Scotland Scotland Defender1923–1929–1751–
Alec Talbot England  England Defender1923–19361933–19342637–
Teddy Bowen England England Defender1923–1934–1990–
Joe Tate England England Midfielder1925–1935–1934–
Billy Kingdon England England Midfielder1926–1936–2415–
Joseph Beresford England  England Forward1927–1935–25173–
Eric Houghton England  England Forward1927–19461934–1936392170[7]
Tom Waring England  England Forward1928–1935–226167†[18]
George Brown England England Forward1929–1934–12689–
Jack Mandley England England Forward1929–1934–11226–
Ernie Callaghan England  England Defender1930–1947*–1420†[19]
Harry Morton England England Goalkeeper1930–1937–2070–
Fred Biddlestone England England Goalkeeper1930–1939–1600–
Dai Astley Wales  Wales Forward1931–1936–173100–
Ronnie Dix England England Striker1932–1937–10430–
Jimmy Allen England England Midfielder1934–(n/a)–1603–
Frank Broome England  England Forward1934–1946–15190–
Frederick Haycock Ireland Ireland Forward1936–1939–11033–
George Cummings Scotland  Scotland Defender1935–19491938–19392320–
Tom Griffiths Wales  Wales Midfielder1935–19391936–1937671–
Alex Massie Scotland  Scotland Midfielder1935–19451937–19381525
Bob Iverson England England Defender1936–1948–15312–
Billy Goffin England England Forward1937–1954–17342–
George Edwards England England Forward1938–1956–15241–
Frank Moss England England Midfielder1938–1951–3133–
Harry Parkes England  England Defender
Utility		1939–1955*–3454–
Joe Rutherford England England Goalkeeper1939–1951–1560–
Johnny Dixon England  England Forward1945–1961*1955–1959430144
Eddie Lowe England England Midfielder1945–1950–1173–
Amos Moss England England Defender1945–1956–1095–
Leslie Smith England England Forward1945–1952–19737–
Dicky Dorsett England  England Defender1946–19531949–195127136–
Keith Jones Welsh Wales Goalkeeper1946–1957–1990–
Trevor Ford Wales  Wales Forward1947–1950–12861[7][8]
Peter Aldis England  England Defender1948–1960–2941–
Con Martin Ireland  Ireland Goalkeeper
Utility		1948–1956–2131–
Colin Gibson England England Forward1949–1956–16726–
Stan Lynn England  England Defender1950–1961–32338–
Derek Pace England England Forward1950–1958–10742–
Tommy Thompson England England Forward1950–1955–16575–
Davy Walsh Ireland Ireland Striker1950–1955–11440–
Vic Crowe Wales  Wales Midfielder1951–19641959–196435112
Danny Blanchflower Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland Midfielder1951–19541951–195515510[8][20]
Peter McParland Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland Forward1952–1962–340120†[7][21]
Billy Baxter England England Midfielder1953–1957–1086–
Gordon Lee England England Defender1955–1966–1422–
Pat Saward Ireland Ireland Defender1955–1961–1682–
Jackie Sewell England England Forward1955–1959–14440–
Harry Burrows England England Forward1956–1965–18173–
Alan Deakin England  England Midfielder1956–19691964–19692709–
Jimmy Dugdale England England Defender1956–1962–2443–
Nigel Sims England  England Goalkeeper1956–1964–3080–
Leslie Smith England England Forward1956–1960–12925–
Mike Tindall England England Midfielder1956–1961–1344–
Gerry Hitchens England  England Forward1957–1961–16096–
Ron Wylie Scotland  Scotland Midfielder
Forward		1958–1965–24428–
Charlie Aitken Scotland  Scotland Defender1959–1976*1966–197366016†[7][22]
Jimmy MacEwan Scotland Scotland Forward1959–1966–18131–
John Neal England England Defender1959–1963–1140–
Bobby Thomson Scotland Scotland Forward1959–1963–17170–
Alan Baker England England Defender1960–1966–10917–
John Sleeuwenhoek England England Defender1961–1967–2601–
Lew Chatterley England England Defender
Midfielder		1960–1971–16027–
Phil Woosnam Wales  Wales Forward1962–1966–12530–
Mick Wright England England Defender1962–1973–3151–
Keith Bradley England England Defender
Midfielder		1962–1972–1359–
Tony Hateley England  England Forward1963–1966–14886–
Stan Horne England  England Midfielder1963–1965–60[23]
Dave Pountney England England Midfielder1963–1968–1287–
Johnny MacLeod Scotland Scotland Right-winger1964–1968–13918–
Colin Withers England England Goalkeeper1964–1969–1630–
William Anderson England  England Forward1967–1973–26345–
John Dunn England England Goalkeeper1967–1971–1180–
Brian Godfrey England England Midfielder
Forward		1967–1971–26025–
Fred Turnbull England England Defender1967–1975–1833–
Brian Tiler England England Defender1968–1973–1274–
Chico Hamilton England England Forward1969–1976–23448–
Pat McMahon Scotland Scotland Midfielder1969–1976–14930–
Bruce Rioch Scotland Scotland Midfielder1969–1974–17537–
Brian Little England  England Forward1970–1979–30182[7]
Andy Lochhead Scotland  Scotland Forward1970–1973–15347–
Jimmy Cumbes England England Goalkeeper1971–1976–1820–
Ray Graydon England  England Forward1971–1977–23081–
Geoff Vowden England England Striker1971–1974–11425–
John Gidman England England Defender1972–1980–2439–
Chris Nicholl England  England Defender1972–19771976–197725120
John Robson England England Defender1972–1978–1761–
Ian Ross Scotland  Scotland Defender1972–19761974–19762043
John Deehan England  England Midfielder1973–1979–13951–
Leighton Phillips Wales Wales Defender1974–1978–1754–
Frank Carrodus England England Midfielder1974–1979–19610–
Andy Gray Scotland  Scotland Forward1975–1979
1985–1987		–20978[24][25]
Gary Williams England  England Defender1975–1987–3032–
Dennis Mortimer England  England Midfielder1975–19851977–198440536[7]
Gordon Cowans England  England Midfielder1976–1985
1988–1991
1993–1994		–52859†[7][26]
Colin Gibson England  England Defender1976–1985–23817–
Jimmy Rimmer England  England Goalkeeper1977–1983–2870–
Allan Evans Scotland  Scotland Defender1977–19891984–198946962–
Ken McNaught Scotland  Scotland Defender1977–1983–25914–
Nigel Spink England  England Goalkeeper1977–1996–4540–
Brendan Ormsby England England Defender1978–1986–1407–
Gary Shaw England  England Forward1978–1988–16578[25]
Kenny Swain England  England Defender1978–1983–1782–
Paul Birch England  England Midfielder1978–1991–18825–
Des Bremner Scotland  Scotland Midfielder1979–1984–22610–
Tony Morley England  England Midfielder1979–1983–17934–
Peter Withe England  England Forward1980–1985–18290[7]
Mark Walters England  England Midfielder1981–1987–22448–
Tony Dorigo England England Defender1983–1987–1351–
Tony Daley England  England Midfielder1985–1994–29038–
Kevin Gage England England Defender1987–1992–14512–
Stuart Gray England  England Midfielder1987–19911989–199213215–
David Platt England  England Midfielder1988–1991–14568[24]
Chris Price England England Defender1988–1992–1424–
Paul McGrath Ireland  Ireland Defender1989–1996–32110[7][8][24]
Dwight Yorke Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago Forward1989–1998–28897–
Dalian Atkinson England  England Forward1991–1995–12438–
Ugo Ehiogu England England Defender1991–2000–28517–
Garry Parker England England Midfielder1991–1995–11914–
Kevin Richardson England  England Midfielder1991–19951992–199518816–
Steve Staunton Ireland  Ireland Defender1991–1998
2000–2003		2002–200335019–
Shaun Teale England England Defender1991–1995–1855–
Dean Saunders Wales  Wales Forward1992–1995–14249–
Earl Barrett England  England Defender1992–1995–1322–
Mark Bosnich Australia  Australia Goalkeeper1992–1999–2270–
Ray Houghton Ireland Ireland Midfielder1992–1995–12111–
Andy Townsend Ireland  Ireland Midfielder1993–19971995–199717711–
Lee Hendrie England  England Midfielder1993–2007–30832–
Ian Taylor England  England Midfielder1994–2003–29343–
Savo Milošević Serbia Serbia Forward1995–1998–11734–
Mark Draper England England Midfielder1995–2000–14114–
Gareth Southgate England  England Defender1995–20011997–20012449–
Alan Wright England  England Defender1995–2003–3315–
Saša Ćurčić Serbia Serbia Midfielder1996–1998–290–
Julian Joachim England England Striker1996–2001–17346–
Darius Vassell England  England Forward1997–2005–16235–
Gareth Barry England  England Defender
Midfielder		1998–20092006–200844152–
Dion Dublin England  England Defender
Forward		1998–2004–19059–
Paul Merson England  England Midfielder1998–20022001–200214519–
Steve Stone England  England Midfielder1999–2002–1217–
Mark Delaney Wales  Wales Defender1999–2007–1932–
George Boateng Ghana Ghana Midfielder1999–2002–1275–
Jlloyd Samuel Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago Defender1999–2007–1993–
Thomas Hitzlsperger Germany Germany Midfielder2001–2005–11013–
Juan Pablo Ángel Columbia  Colombia Forward2001–2007–20566–
Olof Mellberg Sweden  Sweden Defender2001–20082003–20062638†[27]
Gavin McCann England England Midfielder2003–2007–1295–
Thomas Sørensen Denmark Denmark Goalkeeper2003–2008–1580–
Martin Laursen Denmark Denmark Defender2004–20092008–20099111–
Steven Davis Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland Midfielder2004–2007–1099–
Gabriel Agbonlahor England England Forward2005–2018*2015–201640186[lower-alpha 1]
James Milner England  England Midfielder2005–2006
2008–2010		–12622
Stiliyan Petrov Bulgaria Bulgaria Midfielder2006–20132009–20121878–
Ashley Young England England Winger2007–2011–19038–
John Carew Norway Norway Forward2007–2011–14347–
Nigel Reo-Coker England England Midfielder2007–2011–1223–
Brad Friedel England United States Goalkeeper2008–2011–1300–
Brad Guzan England United States Goalkeeper2008–2016–1270–
Carlos Cuéllar Spain Spain Defender2008–2012–1203–
Emile Heskey England England Forward2008–2012–11014–
Fabian Delph England England Midfielder2009–201520151348–
Ciaran Clark Ireland Ireland Defender2009–2016–15910–
Marc Albrighton England England Midfielder2009–2014–1019–
Stephen Warnock England England Defender2009–2012–1044–
Richard Dunne Ireland Ireland Defender2009–2013–1114–
James Collins Wales Wales Defender2009–2012–1106–
Andreas Weimann Austria Austria Forward2010–2015–12924–
Alan Hutton Scotland Scotland Defender2011–2019–1933–
Ashley Westwood England England Midfielder2012–2017–1023–
Ron Vlaar Netherlands Netherlands Defender2012–20152012–2015882–
Christian Benteke Belgium Belgium Forward2012–2015–10149–
Leandro Bacuna Curaçao Curaçao Midfielder2013–2017–1298–
Jack Grealish England England Midfielder2014–2019–18524
Tommy Elphick England England Defender2016–20192016461–
James Chester Wales Wales Defender2016–20202016–2017
2018–2019		12110–
Jonathan Kodjia Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast Forward2016–2020–10531–
Albert Adomah Ghana Ghana Forward2016–201910318–
John Terry England England Defender2017–20182017–2018371–
Conor Hourihane Ireland Ireland Midfielder2017––13328–
Neil Taylor Wales Wales Midfielder2017––1030†[28]

References

Footnotes

  1. Gabriel Agbonlahor was designated club captain while Micah Richards was designated team captain during the 2015–16 Premier League campaign. Agbonlahor resigned the position following a suspension from first team duties in April 2016. Richards was replaced by Tommy Elphick as captain in August 2016.

Specific

  1. "Villa History 1874–1887". Aston Villa F.C. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  2. "FA Cup history". Football Association (FA). Archived from the original on 26 March 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2007.
  3. "European Cup Win". Aston Villa F.C. Archived from the original on 24 December 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  4. For a full description of positions see football positions.
  5. One of the four founding members (founding fathers) of the club.
  6. First official club captain of Aston Villa.
  7. One of 12 players to be inducted into the Aston Villa Hall of Fame in 2006.
  8. Football League 100 Legends Hall of Fame entrant.
  9. Aston Villa's first England player in 1882, jointly with Albert Arthur Brown.
  10. Aston Villa's first England player in 1882, jointly with Howard Vaughton.
  11. Third all time goalscorer.
  12. Aston Villa's first Black player and the first Black goalscorer in the English Football League, for Aston Villa in December 1901.
  13. Second all time goalscorer.
  14. Club record goalscorer.
  15. Second all time appearances.
  16. The only Football League player to have been murdered.
  17. Cowan, Mark (6 May 2010). "The star Villa player shot dead by neighbour". From the archives. Birmingham Mail. Archived from the original on 8 May 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  18. Club record for most league goals (49) and most goals in total (50) scored in a season, in 1930–31.
  19. Club record holder for oldest first team player; 39 years 86 days old.
  20. English Football Hall of Fame inductee (2003).
  21. First Aston Villa player to participate in a World Cup.
  22. Charlie Aitken is the all time appearance record holder.
  23. Horne was the first homegrown Black player at Aston Villa , having joined the Villa youth team in 1961, he made his senior debut in 1963, he was bought by Manchester City in 1965.
  24. Won the PFA Players' Player of the Year award.
  25. Won the PFA Young Player of the Year award.
  26. Third all time appearance record holder.
  27. First club captain from outside the British Isles.
  28. First British Asian player for Aston Villa.

General

  • Hayes, Dean (2 October 1997). The Villa Park Encyclopedia: A-Z of Aston Villa. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85158-959-3.
  • Holt, Frank Lee; Bishop, Rob (2010). Aston Villa: The Complete Record. Derby: Derby Books Publishing. ISBN 1-85983-805-7.
  • Ward; Griffin, Jeremy (2002). The essential history of Aston Villa. Headline book publishing. ISBN 0-7553-1140-X.
  • "Current statistics page for Aston Villa". BBC. Retrieved 3 August 2007.
  • "Information and career statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

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